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QUILTING FRAME FOR SEWING MAGHINBS. N0.328,923. Patented Oct. 27, 1885.,

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N. FETEHS, Photo-Ulhngmpher. Washington, D. (I.

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HENRY T. DAVIS, or new YORK, N. Y.

QUlLTlNG-FRAME FUR SEWING-MACE ilNES.

JPECIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,923, dated October 27, 18185.

Application filed June 28, 1884. Serial No. 136,267. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY '1. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city,

county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting-Frames for Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in portable quilting-frames for which Letters Patent have been granted to me numbered, respectively, 289,395 and 271,690.

Heretofore I have employed in connection with my quilting-frames two rollers, one at or near each end of said frame, the saidrollers affording means for supporting and carrying the frame. The said rollers travel on a suitable track beneath the frame, which latter is made of sufficient length to accommodate both of the rollers.

' In the present invention I have substituted in the place and stead of two rollers a sin gle swiy'el roller, which allows the operator to sew the quilt in curved or zigzag lines. Said roller is secured at or near the center of the frame to the under side of the central stationary bar by means of a peculiarly-constructed bracket, thus requiring a much shorter track bar or rail. The quiltingframe may be moved laterally in either direction in order to sew in curved lines without altering the position of the roller with relation to the bead rail or track. 'The outer ends of the quilting-frame are supported by means of bracket-rods, which extend from the central bracket to the outer ends of the frame.

My invention further consists in a clamp capable of being attached to the sewing-machine table and having an idle-roller, by means of which either of the outer bars upon which the quilt is rolled may be supported when necessary.

The rod which serves as a track or head rail for the frame is supported by standards which are secured to the cross'piece upon which the said track rests in the following manner: The upper ends of said standards or legs are formed with clips or lugs bent at their upper ends. Slots are cut in the crosspiece of such form as that when the clips or lugs on the standards are inserted therein and turned the said standards are firmly secured to the said cross-piece. By this construction the standards or legs may be readily connected to the quilting-frame or disconnected from the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved quilting-frame with the various parts connected. Fig. 2 is a side view of the central stationary or pulley rail, the bracket-connection, roller, casting, and rail. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the roller and track, showing the casting in section. Fig. 4is a detail view of the clamp and idle-roller. Fig. 5 is a de tail View of the standards connected to the cross-piece of the quilting-frame.

A represents the central stationary bar or pulley-rail with which is preferably cast in one piece the bracket B.

O is the roller which rests on the track or bead rail D. The frame E, on which the said roller 0 turns, is cast with a swivel, F, on its upper side, which enters into a socket, f, formed in the casting G. The bracket B is so formed that it straddles the socket f of the casting G, and is secured to the said casting axis H of the roller 0 moves laterally within the bearing of the roller (1 without displacing the said roller 0 from the track or bead rail.

It will thus be seen that when the operator desires to sew in zigzag lines the quiltingframe may be turned upon the swivel F, which moves within the socket f of the casting G. So, also, when the operator desires to sew in curved lines the quilting-frame may be moved laterally without displacing the roller 0.

I, Fig. 4, represents the edge of a sewingmachine table. The idle roller or wheel J is supported upon a block of wood, j,'by means of standards 3'' The said block j, with its roller J, is adjustably attached to the sewingmachine table by means of the plates K K and the bolt 70 and nut is.

As the quilt is wound about the outer rod,

L, of the quilting-frame it causes the said quilting-frame to tip, and by adjusting the block j with its idle-wheel J to the sewingmachine table directly under the rod L the outer edge of the frame is supported as the quilt is wound off of the rod Land wound upon the rod M, as described in my former patents. The opposite outer edge of the quilting-frame may be supported by adjusting the said block j with .its idle-wheel J to the sewing-machine table directly under the said rod M.

If it is desired to raise the idle-wheel J, the nut may be removed from the bolt 70, and. the lower plate K, with its lug k, may be removed and replaced with the lug k bearing against the under side of block j. A strip of wood of the thickness of the length of the lug It may be inserted between the upper plate K and the sewing-machine table. Upon re adjusting the nut 70 upon the bolt is the idlewheel" and block will be raised the length of the lug la, and the parts occupy the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4.

N, Fig. 5, represents the cross-piece having bolted to it the bead-rail D. O O are the standards or legs, which have formed upon their upper ends the lugs or clips 0 0, bent at their upper ends. P P represent the sockets or slots into which are inserted the clips or lugs o 0. By this construction means are also afforded for lowering or raising the quiltingframe in order to adapt said frame to the variable heights of different classes of sewingmachines. This result is accomplished by spreading the said legs or standards apart at the base or drawing them closer together.

When it is desired to secure the standards or legs to this quilting-frame, the lugs or clips 0 o are inserted into the sockets or slots P P, with the bent portion of the said clips or lugs turned inwardly, after which, by turning the bent portion of the said clips or lugs outwardly within the sockets or slots 1? P, the legs or standards 0 O are secured to the quilting-frame.

In sewing curved or zigzag lines the operator may disconnect the cord and pulley.

The bar A forms not only a bearing for the supporting or anti-friction roller 0, but also constitutes a support or elevator for the prevents its sagging while being portion thereof, and a track or way upon which said roller bears, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a sewing-machine, of a quiltingattachment therefor consisting of a single track or way, a superposed frame, a bar connected at its extremities to the ends of said frame, and a single roller swiveled to the under side of said bar at or near the center thereof, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination, a single track, a superposed frame, a bar connected at its extremities to the ends of said frame, a housing secured to the under side of said bar, an axle supported by said housing, and a single roller placed on said axle and having clearance within said housing, whereby a lateral movement' thereof is permitted, as explained.

4. The combination,.with a sewing-machine, of a quilting attachment therefor consisting of a single track, a superposed frame, a bar secured at its extremities to said frame, a-

housing swiveled t0 the under side of said bar so as to be capable of horizontal rotation, and a single roller journaled in said housing, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a quilting attachment for sewing-inachines, the combination of a single track or way, a superposed frame, a single roller secured to the under side of said frame and bearing upon said track, and an anti-friction roller secured to the sewing-machine table, as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In a quilting attachment for sewing-machines, the combination, with a reciprocating frame supported by a suitable track o way, as described, of an anti-friction roller secured to the sewing-machine table beneath the preponderating side of the said frame for supporting the same, as explained.

7. In a quilting attachment for sewingmachines, the combination, witha reciprocating frame supported by a suitable track or way, as described, of a vertically-adjustable antifriction roller secured to the sewing-machine table beneath the preponderating side of said frame for supporting the same, as explained.

8. In a quilting attachment for sewing-inachines, the combination, with a reciprocating frame, of the anti-friction roller and the adjustable clamp for the purpose of modifying the inclination of the quilting-frame, as ex: plained.

9. In a quilting attachment for sewing-machines, the combination, With a reciprocating frame, of the track or bead rail having crosspieces provided with slots or sockets, substantially as described, and the legs or supports havingclips or lugs for insertion in said sockets, as explained.

HENRY T. DAVIS. Witnesses:

CHARLES C. BULKLEY, F. WUSTEMANN.

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